I spent the last two weeks of February with one of my teachers in a training and man, was it brutal. I had to work my other job and still manage a full teaching schedule. I could have easily given those things up or just not taken the training… but I wanted it badly....

There’re a few things in my life that make me happy: music, yoga, and traveling are the big ones. I’ve spent so much time doing things that didn't make me happy and let me tell you: it sucks. Be it side jobs to make ends meet or hanging out with people to be socially...

A good friend of mine (Hi Tim!) said something to me a few weeks back about surrounding yourself with the people you want to become. He was telling me about this study that found we are the average of the five people that we are most connected with, and for me that...

I started my second 500hr teacher training program... you know, because I needed two. Looking at my busy schedule after day one, the first thing that came to mind was “oh shit... How the hell am I going to do this?”. While it made me momentarily question why I even...

There have been many moments in my life where I just did things because I was told to. Starting as kids, we’re told to listen to our parents, respect our elders, and so on. I don’t disagree with most of that stuff but I feel like sometimes listening to yourself should...

In my yoga classes I talk a ton about showing up and doing the work. I think sometimes we get confused as to what the work is. Most people think Vinyasa means sweaty yoga practice when in truth that has nothing to do with it. The work is about showing up and meeting...

Over the last few days I had this giant knot in my stomach, it’s been twisting and turning with no sign of ending. I had to stop and take a good hard look at what was causing this “knot” and of course it was my good friend fear. He jumped right in and started playing...

I began to reflect on my inspiration for the last few weeks with students and it dawned on me that I was asking people to think about what they wanted their year to be about without thinking about my own. I chatted with one of my teachers (www.DarrenMain.com) about...